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The Big Sleep is a 1946 American film noir directed by Howard Hawks. [4][5] William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman co-wrote the screenplay, which adapts Raymond Chandler 's 1939 novel. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge in a story that begins with blackmail and ...
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The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by...
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Aug 16, 2021 · The Big Sleep was released 75 years ago, and its plot has been puzzling viewers ever since. There is no disputing that Howard Hawks's Los Angeles-set noir classic is one of the most...
The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles.
- Raymond Chandler
- 1939
Wealthy and ailing General Sternwood, who has not much time left, hires Private Detective Philip Marlowe to handle a blackmail perpetrated by rare book seller Arthur Gwynn Geiger against the General's younger of two daughters, wild Carmen Sternwood, for collection of purported gambling debts.
Jun 22, 1997 · Unlike modern crime movies which are loaded with action, “The Big Sleep” is heavy with dialogue–the characters talk and talk, just like in the Chandler novels; it’s as if there’s a competition to see who has the most verbal style.
The Big Sleep is a 1946 American crime mystery movie directed by Howard Hawks and was based on the 1939 novel of the same name by Raymond Chandler. It stars Humphrey Bogart , Lauren Bacall , John Ridgely , Martha Vickers , Sonia Darrin , Dorothy Malone , Peggy Knudsen , Regis Toomey , Charles Waldron and was distributed by Warner Bros. .
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The Big Sleep: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers. Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.
